Meetings to discuss emerald ash borer in NH

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Apr 27, 2013 at 9:45 AM

Meetings to discuss emerald ash borer in Concord, NH

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Forest officials are holding two informational meetings on the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle recently found in New Hampshire that's responsible for killing of millions of ash trees nationwide.

Officials say the beetle has been found in Concord and Bow.

Two informational meetings are set for Thursday at the New Hampshire Fire Academy in Concord from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

At the meetings, representatives from the state departments of Agriculture, Markets & Food, Resources and Economic Development and others will describe the emerald ash borer's threat and the purpose and provisions of a recently enacted quarantine.